CDT executive team

Citation

California Department of Technology. “Executives.” Web page, cdt.ca.gov, date not stated. https://www.cdt.ca.gov/about/executive/. Copy: raw/shared/2026-10-19 CDT executive team.md (original: .html beside it), fetched 2026-10-19. Read 2026-10-19.

The page lists 12 executives of the California Department of Technology (CDT). Chris Given is “State Chief Information Officer and Director”.
It lists Vera Zakem as “Chief Technology and Innovation Officer”. It does not list Ayushi Roy.
“Chris Gibbon” is Chris Given, and “Vera” is Vera Zakem.

CDT runs Poppy, the state’s generative AI platform for state staff, and has an AI community of practice.

Executives, as listed:

Chris Given, State Chief Information Officer and Director
Jared Johnson, Deputy State Chief Information Officer and Chief Deputy Director
Scott Adams, Deputy Director of Broadband and Digital Literacy
Mike Marshall, State Chief Information Security Officer
Mark Monroe, Deputy Director of Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative
Kate Ricker, Deputy Director Statewide Technology Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Vera Zakem, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
Others: Miles Burnett, Edmond Cheung, Monica Hernandez, Crystal Holcomb, Quentin Wright

The department’s own page. It has names and titles only.

No date. It may be out of date: it does not show the State Chief Technology Officer appointed on Aug. 19, 2026.
No duties or contact details.